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Candidates
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Women in Law, and Black Law
Students organizations.
One thing that separates the
events with Edwards and Clark
from Moseley-Braun’s visit is
that she had a much smaller
crowd, drawing less than half
the people who watched the oth
er two candidates. Also, much of
the local media skipped the
visit. :
Moseley-Braun wasn’t daunt
ed by the low turnout, however.
The former U.S. senator from
Illinois started with her biogra
phy, speaking about her rise in
politics and why she’s running
for president.
Moseley-Braun, the only
black woman to be elected to the
U.S. Senate, said her decision to
run for federal office was
spurred by the hearings sur
rounding Clarence Thomas’
nomination to the U.S. Supreme
Court. The Democratic incum
bent senator, whom Moseley
Braun beat for the nomination
in 1992, voted for Thomas’
confirmation.
“My whole life would not
have been possible if not for the
Warren court and Thurgood
Marshall, and I thought
Clarence Thonaas was no
Thurgood Marshall,” Moseley
Braun said.
Her motivation for the presi
dential run, however, came from
what she felt was a need to affect
policy on a national level after
the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11,
2001.
“I’m running on a platform to
renew and rebuild America,”
Moseley-Braun said.
Her plan includes a single-pay
er health-care system, more fed
eral assistance for education and
a redefinition of the U.S. role in
Iraq.
Moseley-Braun is in seventh
place in the latest poll for the S.C.
Democratic primary, which is set. .
for Feb. 3. The poll, conducted by
the American Research Group,
has Moseley-Braun only beating
John Kerry, who has 4 percent,
and Dennis Kucinich, who has 1
percent.
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have been in the spotlight.
They spent more than a year
researching the 107-year-old ri
valry to capture the drama of the
intrastate feud through a collage
of interviews, photos and game
footage.
“The phrase ‘bragging rights’
is often cited as the primary re
ward for winning this game —
the right to boast, to ‘rag’ the los
er,” White said. “We changed the
spelling of the word ‘rights’ to
‘rites,’ which refers to religious
rituals and ceremonies.” Each
year the fans watch and pray for
the next year’s bragging rites, he
said.
White and Sumerel agreed
that “Football fan or not, this
simple football game is a cul
tural ritual that serves to re
mind us of our rich heritage and
limitless potential. It is more
about feelings than statistics,
more about relationships than
competition.”
Close to 1000 people across the
state have seen the film on the
big screen, and 4000 people have
purchased.it.
Fans can purchase the DVD
for $24.95 or the VHS for $19.95
from the producers’ Web site,
www.BraggingRitesTheMovie.c
om. Fans can also call 1-877-4-RI
VALS to order by phone.
Along with the movie, the
producers have also released 24
rivalry trading cards in honor
of the most memorable coaches
and players of the two
universities.
“Every year, history rewrites
the story of the Carolina
Clemson rivalry,” White said.
“Although we now have a film
to capture the first hundred
years, new traditions, new faces
and amazing plays will insure
that this story will get better and
better.”
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Jurors see softer
side of Muhammad
BY MATTHEW BARAKAT
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. -
Jurors deciding the fate of sniper
John Allen Muhammad saw a
softer side of the convicted mur
derer Thursday, watching a
home movie in which he plays
with his children and encour
ages them to take their first
steps. But prosecutors said “that
person no longer exists.”
The jury was to begin deliber
ating Friday on whether
Muhammad should live or die
for masterminding the
Washington-area sniper spree
last year.
Muhammad was convicted
Monday of two murder, counts
related to the wave of killings
that left 10 people dead and three
wounded.
The 42-year-old Army veteran
appeared glum as he watched the
five-minute video Thursday, al
ternately wearing a frown and
hanging his head.
“You can walk. Now go ahead
and walk to daddy,” he says on
the tape as one of his daughters
takes her first steps.
In another clip, Muhammad
says to the girl, “Let me see the
teeth” and the girl flashes two
baby teeth and a big smile.
But prosecutors said during
closing arguments in the trial’s
penalty phase that evidence
about Muhammad once being a
good family man is irrelevant
stacked against the terror of last
year’s killing spree. They urged
the jury to sentence Muhammad
to death.
“That person no longer ex
ists,” prosecutor James Willett
said. “This is not a question of
whether there once was a good
father, whether there once was
a good husband.”
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happens, Brewer said a USC sus
pension would be strongly con
sidered. The suspension process
would include hearings and stu
dent judicial proceedings.
He said the administration
has the authority to suspend stu
dents or student organizations
if it decides their activities are
“not beneficial to the university
community.”
McKinney said that although
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there have been suspensions of
sororities and fraternities be
fore, most recently in the early
’90s and a “brief suspension” in
the first weeks of this semester,
“the best way to characterize
them is that they’re infrequent. ”
McKinney said the suspen
sion reflects negatively on the
university.
“I do think that the leadership
of the fraternity has tried to deal
with the matter responsibly, and
we commend them for that,” he
said.
Brewer said the group needs
to cooperate fully with provid
ing information, especially be
cause law enforcement officials
are involved as well.
“I think we recognize stu
dents don’t always make good
decisions,” he said.
Members of USC’s Sigma Phi
Epsilon chapter could not be
reached for comment.
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Some
Britons
protest
Bush visit
BY JANE WARDELL
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Tens of thousands ’
of demonstrators marched
through the heart of London c
Thursday, toppling a 17-foot-tan
papier-mache statue of President
Bush and burning his life-size ef- ;
figy to show their anger for the
Iraq war and Prime Minister Tony
Blair’s support of the invasion.
As Bush and Blair vowed' “not
to flinch or give way or concede
one inch” to terrorism in the wake
of deadly bombings against
British targets in Turkey,
protesters said the close relation
ship between the two leaders •
made them deeply uneasy.
“We’re angry that Bush ap
pears to be leading our country,”
said marcher Ted Edwards. “Why
Blair is allying himself to Bush I
do not know.”
Many in the crowd said
Thursday’s bombings in Istanbul
which killed more than two doze
people, strengthened their resolve
to oppose U.S.-British policy in
Tran
“There have been more and '
more bombings since the action in ‘
Iraq and more terrorism,” said
Mischa Gorris, a 37-year-old
London lawyer. “You will never
change the hearts and minds of ;
terrorists by bombing them. This
is what you will get.” Amid
chants, the blast of foghorns and
the beat of drums, protesters
marched past the Houses of
Parliament and through the heart
of governmental London to
Trafalgar Square.
The march took almost two
hours to clear its starting point at
the University of London. The
Stop the War Coalition, which or
ganized the march, said 200,0c
people participated; the police es- ‘
timated 70,000.
As the work day ended, many
people who had not marched
joined a rally in Trafalgar Square,
where the bronze-painted statue *
of Bush was toppled to wild ap
plause — a mocking reference to
the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s
statue after coalition troops took
control of Baghdad on April 9.
After sundown, protesters
burned placards and at least ojje
life-size effigy of Bush. The 17-foot,
papier-mache statue was shreddetj
by organizers and given out to the
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The protests were generally or
derly, but as night fell police strur ,
gled to contain a few hundre,
demonstrators who broke away
from the Trafalgar Square rally
and darted down a nearby street.
Officers linked arms surrounding
the protesters and arrested sever
al who refused to move off the
road.
Other groups headed toward
Regent’s Park where Bush was
hosting a dinner for Queen
Elizabeth II at Winfield House, the
home of U.S. Ambassador to
Britain William Farish.
Police outside the grounds of
the mansion handcuffed and
searched two men after protesters
tried to jump the fence into th\
neighboring gardens. The rifei*
were bundled into poliee vans ar
officers scoured the gardens wbLh
flashlights for more possible irj*
traders.
A cluster of aboyt 20 cyclist)}
blowing whistles pedaled up the
road near Winfield House but
were deflected by a human cordon
of police. They returned later and
were allowed to pass, whistling
and chanting anti-Bush slogans
before police moved them on.
Opposition to Iraq war, and
Britain’s role as the largest part
ner of the United States, has been
strong and vocal in Britain. The
largest protest, in February, drew
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Security, which has been tight
for Bush’s state visit, was intense
Thursday, with more than 5,000 of
ficers on duty in London. Rows of
yellow-jacketed officers lined tb' /
march route.
Protests during Bush’s visit
have been largely trouble-free.
Police said about 50 people were
arrested on charges that included
theft, drunkenness and drug pos
session.
As marchers chanting “George
Bush, terrorist” made their way
through a business district, a few
scuffled with three Bush support
ers holding U.S. flags and a sign
saying “support America.” Police
quickly intervened and bundled
the three counter-demonstrators
into a nearby building.
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